The Economic Law of Monetary Energy and Sovereign Trade By Arif Jameel Independent Scholar | Political Philosophy & Civilisational Studies Global Governance Researcher ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9290-6195 Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23075708 SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7547283 Academic Designation Code: LAW-IV Abstract This paper proposes LAW-IV, the Economic Law of Monetary Energy and Sovereign Trade , a theoretical framework that calibrates monetary issuance and evaluates economic performance against three interlocking standards: a Thermodynamic Energy Standard, which treats measurable physical energy and productive capacity as an external constraint on currency creation rather than a claim of intrinsic value; a Biological Time Standard, which evaluates economic outcomes against human free time and physical well-being as a non-monetary criterion; and an Algorithmic Sovereign Dividend, which proposes dis...